Click the picture to read this tall tale and more!
Now write your own tall tale. Make sure you use plenty of exaggeration. Start with the setting Next, introduce the characters Then, define the problem Describe the events that lead to the solution And then finally Reveal how the problem was solved.
Read a legend or follow along as it is read aloud.
Click to read myths and legends.
Identity
Who are we? What makes us who we are? Are we only a product of our environment? Are we born with a personality? The age old argument of Nurture vs. Nature comes into play when we look at identity.
The Two Fridas, 1939 Frida Kahlo
Abandoned, lost, unknown...
"How old she was was hard to say...No one knew for sure, least of all the girl herself, who knew no home and no mother and no name..."
Giraffes Can't Dance Written By Giles Andreae Illustrated By Guy Parker-Rees
What is your favorite genre?
Heroes
fictional-heroes
Try making a flip book as a project or a way to show what you have learned.
What do you think happened next? Make a prediction and then read the ending.
Mystery, Horror, Realistic Fiction, Historic Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, Tall Tales, Biography, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Select any book in the library to read and get started right away!
Library Activities with Books - Fiction
Select a fictional story to read and then choose one of the activities below to complete.
1. Write a letter to one of the characters giving them advice on how to solve their problem.
2. Write a new ending for the story.
3. Draw a picture map of the story depicting the sequence of events.
4. Change the setting of the story and tell how the story would be different.
5. Rewrite the story from a different perspective (i.e. a fly on the wall, the protagonist viewpoint, a reporter, etc.). (Summarize)
6. Choose on of the characters and make a character web about them.
7. Change the time period in which the story is set and explain how the story would be different.
8. Make a flip book of chapter summaries.
Library Activities with Books – Non-Fiction
Select a non-fiction book to read and then choose one of the activities below to complete.
Biography
1. Write a letter to the person the biography is written about.
2. Write an explanation of why you would or would not want to change places with this person.
3. Write an explanation of how that person’s life would have been different if they lived in a different era.
Library Activities with Books – Non-Fiction
Select a non-fiction book to read and then choose one of the activities below to complete.
History
1. Tell whether or not you would have wanted to live during the time period which the book is about.
2. Write an explanation of how the situation in the book would have differed if it had been set in modern times.
3. Write a story “A Day in the Life of ___” using a person from the times the book is set in.
Here are some great alternatives to book reports. There are some terrific projects. It is just great fun!
Make your own slideshow with music at Animoto.
GoAnimate.com: Fun projects with books by sldemartini
Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!
Can't decide what to read next? Do you want to know what a book is about? Watch a book trailer.
book trailers for readers
Tall Tale - Paul Bunyan
Now write your own tall tale. Make sure you use plenty of exaggeration.
Start with the setting
Next, introduce the characters
Then, define the problem
Describe the events that lead to the solution
And then finally
Reveal how the problem was solved.
Click to read myths and legends.
Identity
Who are we? What makes us who we are? Are we only a product of our environment? Are we born with a personality?
The age old argument of Nurture vs. Nature comes into play when we look at identity.
"How old she was was hard to say...No one knew for sure, least of all the girl herself, who knew no home and no mother and no name..."
Giraffes Can't Dance
Written By Giles Andreae
Illustrated By Guy Parker-Rees